Trench shoring equipment includes trench shields and other shoring devices that are used to prevent a dug trench from caving-in on workers or equipment. In addition to product type, specifications ...

Contractors can often develop their own shoring designs for trench excavations. However, excavations near adjacent structures, underground utilities and roadways may come with unique and complex ...

System is designed specifically to support the sidewalls of an excavated trench to prevent cave-ins. Manhole Box Manhole boxes are large shoring boxes that provide protection from cave-ins, while ...

Kayser Construction partnered with Trench Plate Rental Co. for safe, economic trench and shoring solutions during a 30-foot-deep excavation project. California Steel (Cal Steel) is the West Coast ...

This course covers the OSHA Excavation Standard and safety and health aspects of excavation and trenching. Course topics include practical soil mechanics and its relationship to the stability of ...

This course covers the OSHA Excavation Standard and safety and health aspects of excavation and trenching. Course topics include practical soil mechanics and its relationship to the stability of ...

In November 2023, two years after the cave-in killed Galvan Batalla, OSHA inspectors cited the company again for having an unprotected trench. Agency inspectors said the company's workers were ...

In conjunction with Kent Freeman's May feature on trench rescue operations, this document offers trench rescue tabulated data that can be used in type C soils anywhere in the United States as long ...